Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 20842870cca093cc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

56.2 KB Authoring application: Soda PDF
MD5: 69d61de3624222a255283f0d8ed957db SHA-1: af15ce533c272d0d1cdd7fce429e196b6d3cd9bb SHA-256: 20842870cca093cc36bdde893297766980a2d6d9855e506c384e72480e6a93ce
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded external links, identified by the PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM heuristic. The ClamAV detection as Pdf.Phishing.TtraffRobotInstall-7605656-0 further supports a malicious intent. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, also contains a subset of these URLs. The primary attack pattern appears to be a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content or for SEO manipulation.

Heuristics 3

  • Small PDF contains mass external PDF link farm critical PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links, mostly clustered on one host. This matches generated SEO/link-farm PDF carriers used to route users into malicious or unwanted-software delivery chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.TtraffRobotInstall-7605656-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.TtraffRobotInstall-7605656-0
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://reynoldscopyediting.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130739250/1893656.pdf
    • http://pattersonkademediationllc.com/uploads/1/3/0/2/130271023/siligox-serotivoka-fijoxuve.pdf
    • http://freyagu.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130738805/03b67c82017.pdf
    • http://www.inner-muse-sculpture.com/uploads/1/3/0/4/130488152/roxenuj.pdf
    • http://www.secure-pof.com/uploads/1/3/0/5/130588931/rikukabezitoxixik.pdf
    • http://mrstinabullteacher.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130604025/366ee7516a9f7e.pdf
    • http://muscletensionrelief.com/uploads/1/3/0/4/130476263/kifusizenodezis.pdf
    • http://2bsaltnlight.com/uploads/1/3/0/4/130476744/fujawokasufitota.pdf
    • http://mangumcourtyards.com/uploads/1/3/0/4/130483591/621583.pdf
    • http://woodridgemusicclub.com/uploads/1/3/0/5/130551143/pujisav-domiduzud-pusozewa-ralosogu.pdf
    • http://birthdaypresentforboyfriend.net/uploads/1/3/0/8/130814085/b0796.pdf
    • http://otcdl.brdge.org/uploads/1/3/0/6/130604085/130604085.html#excel+vba+insert+vlookup+formula+in+cell

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00001396.bin
cc3e82f57cc1c36b16206523ea7f63a1526f19daa73172840895bf269756e977
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1396 8232 bytes